Sentinel surveillance for influenza-like illness, severe acute respiratory illness, and laboratory-confirmed influenza in kinshasa, democratic republic of Congo, 2009-2011

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 206, Issue SUPPL.1, 2012, Pages

  Tamfum, Jean Jacques Muyembe ^a   Nkwembe, Edith ^a   Bi Shamamba, Stomy Karhemere ^a   Bankoshi, Fifi ^a   Ilunga, Benoit Kebela ^b   Katz, Kenneth A ^d   Cohen, Adam L ^e   Kabamba, Joelle ^d   Wemankoy, Emile Okitolonda ^c  

^a Institut National de Recherche Biomedicale   (Congo)

^b Ministry of Health   (Congo)

^c Kinshasa School of Public Health   (Congo)

^d CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^e Centers for Disease Control and Prevention South Africa   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONGO; FEMALE; FLU LIKE SYNDROME; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; INFANT; INFLUENZA A (H1N1); INFLUENZA VIRUS A H1N1; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; OUTPATIENT; PANDEMIC INFLUENZA; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; SCHOOL CHILD; SEASONAL VARIATION; SENTINEL SURVEILLANCE; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS IDENTIFICATION; VIRUS STRAIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORTHOMYXOVIRIDAE; PNEUMONIA, VIRAL; SENTINEL SURVEILLANCE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84870026334     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/infdis/jis537     Document Type: Article

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